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The community health workers (CHWs)-led model is an important strategy for managing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in China. However, existing community-based dietary and health education interventions in dia...
The study aim was to investigate implementation of safety-related statutory information for herbal products under the pharmaceutical legislation between 1965 and 2021 in Finland. The study period covered Finla...
Emphasizing the historical exclusion of women from medical research, our letter sheds light on the double stigma of menstruation and premenstrual disorders faced by Middle Eastern women, and calls for collabor...
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common and debilitating disorder affecting mothers worldwide. This study aimed to identify risk factors and the frequency of PPD in Mashhad, Iran.
The CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP) lifestyle change program is a nationwide initiative to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes. The CDC recognition ...
Policies in the fields of health and long-term care are constantly under pressure to ensure the balance between economic stability and an adequate quality of life for all the citizens in need, while policy mak...
The increasing longevity of people with intellectual disability creates a need for a healthy-ageing perspective, translated into evidence-based interventions in this multi-morbidity group. Accordingly, the aim...
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is essential for promoting health worldwide. Despite governmental support, TCM faces critical challenges, including workforce shortages and high attrition rates, with many cl...
The article addresses two paradoxes related to the vaccination of women in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first paradox lies in the fact that, though women tend to be more concerned about health iss...
In many healthcare contexts globally, where the languages of care providers and service users do not match, miscommunication can lead to inaccurate diagnoses and subpar treatment outcomes. The development and ...
Given life satisfaction is a key component or indicator of Quality of Life (QoL), previous studies in Canada have made some attempt to analyze its main determinants at population level. However, our knowledge ...
Secondary use of health data is important for public and individual health due to its potential to drive research and healthcare improvement; however, there are challenges to be managed from a socio-ethical, l...
Folate is essential for DNA synthesis and cell division, particularly during pregnancy, where insufficient levels can lead to adverse outcomes like neural tube defects and preterm birth. Tobacco smoke exposure...
The COVID-19 pandemic not only disproportionately impacted the health of immigrants in the US, but led to financial disparities as well. However, few studies to date capture the experience of asylum-seeking an...
It is crucial to understand how individuals accumulate wealth over their lifespan and explain the relation with the changes in health by age cohort. This study examines wealth-to-health causality as an explana...
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an intensive debate on which strategies would be most effective to minimize the negative societal impact of the pandemic. This study aimed to provid...
Armed conflict severely impacts children's health, leading to malnutrition and increased child mortality. The republic of South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and suffered from seven-years civil ...
The Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) introduced a broad consent form (MII-BC) encompassing clinical, insurance, and biomaterial data, along with re-contacting options. In the emergency department (ED), out...
Medical fraud and abuse represent significant global challenges in healthcare systems, resulting in financial losses estimated at 3% to 15% of total healthcare expenditures annually. These practices compromise...
This study aimed to estimate temporal trends in the burden of vertebral fractures (VFs) caused by falls by gender and age in China and globally from 1990 to 2021.
The amount of physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviour affect several age-related diseases. However, no relevant study about their associations with cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases from Eu...
Individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) have high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence. Currently, the incidence of DM is increasing in low and middle-income countries including Ethiopia where TB is also endemic, whic...
Information regarding children’s exposure to tobacco smoke, posing significant risks, is usually reliant on parental reports. We aimed to adopt the scale of parental perception of children’s tobacco smoke expo...
Dengue cases are on the rise in Thailand, coinciding with increases in flooding events. Studies pertaining to public knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of dengue prevention have frequently been used to ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant emotional and ethical burdens on healthcare workers (HCWs), leading to the emergence of moral injury (MI). Understanding the pooled mean and factors associated with...
When seeking advice on allergy prevention in early childhood (Early Childhood Allergy Prevention, ECAP), parents often turn to health and social care providers, such as paediatricians, midwives, and family cen...
Traditional healers play a significant role in Sub-Saharan Africa's healthcare system, but little is known about their role across the cancer care continuum in this context. Given the prevalence of patients co...
Globally, alarmingly high rates of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity persist. A constellation of health system and social factors contribute to this, including poor quality and barriers to accessing ...
Previous studies have proven the relationship between frailty and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). However, the potential mechanisms need to be further explored. This study aime...
Cervical cancer (CC) is the fourth most common cancer globally in females, caused by oncogenic infections with high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) strains. Successful CC screening programs strongly depend o...
High prevalence of poppers use was observed among men who have sex with men (MSM) and the use of poppers was associated with risky sexual behaviors and increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sex...
Breast cancer remains the most common cancer and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. In Ethiopia, the survival rate of breast cancer patients is influenced by various socio-demograp...
Temporary abstinence campaigns (TAC) are a promising approach to reduce alcohol consumption. This study examined changes in (at-risk) alcohol consumption and determinants of alcohol consumption among Belgian a...
Asthma is a significant public health issue that cannot be ignored in China and around the world, bringing a huge social burden.
There is limited evidence of the relationship between cognitive changes and all-cause mortality. And it has no report of population-attributable fraction (PAF) of mortality due to cognitive impairment in Chine...
According to WHO, “noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people” annually, as the primary cause of death globally. WHO’s Global Action Plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013–2020 (extended)...
Cigarette smoking remains a significant public health concern, with detrimental effects on both smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke. This study investigates the factors influencing smoking behaviors ...
To analyze the sociostructural determinants associated with mental health problems during the lockdown period among populations residing in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Spain who lived with minors...
Social network-based interventions can improve uptake of health interventions. However, limited evidence exists on their feasibility and acceptability in fishing community settings. We assessed the feasibility...
Tuberculosis (TB) surveillance in Indonesia is currently supported by the recording and reporting technology Tuberculosis Information System (Sistem Informasi Tuberkulosis [SITB]). SITB is used by all health w...
Chinese cancer survivors are not doing well in returning to work. Peer support, as an external coping resource to help cancer survivors return to work, brings together members of the lay community with similar...
Comorbidities or complications significantly influence coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) severity and mortality risk. Therefore, this study aimed to compare treatment outcomes of COVID-19 inpatients by under...
School principals face a demanding work situation that puts them at risk for stress-related poor mental health. Ideally, preventive actions should be based on knowledge about the underlying notions that motiva...
This study aims to investigate how pre-existing health status and social background contribute to excess mortality during the COVID-19 crisis in Belgium.
ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) is a model of nurse-led, early palliative care that was originally developed for U.S. patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers and then adap...
Contraception discontinuation is a concern, especially if it occurs in breastfeeding women, thereby exposing them to a high risk of close and unwanted pregnancies. Our study aimed to measure the prevalence and...
Previous research has indicated a low tuberculin skin tests (TST) strong positive rate in school tuberculosis (TB) screening implemented by community-level medical and health care institutions in China. The re...
Readiness of healthcare facilities is essential for delivering quality healthcare services. There is limited evidence on the antenatal care (ANC) readiness of healthcare facilities in Ethiopia. This study aime...
A preterm neonate is defined by the World Health Organization as a child delivered before 37 weeks of gestation. In low- and middle-income countries, including Ethiopia, preterm-related complications are serio...
In 2018, a nationwide survey carried out in 387 acute care hospitals from 16 out of 21 Italian regions, allowed defining an extended checklist for the participatory evaluation of person-centredness in hospital...
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